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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingAtheist][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do liberals not understand they are trying to force their views and their morality on conservatives just as much as conservatives are pushing their views.  The only difference is whether or not you agree with the position taken.[/quote]

And liberals act like because they are basing their opinions not from religion that it is somehow better or correct.[/quote]

Since liberals base their opinions on reason--rather than received moral instruction from a leader, or an arbitrary book--then yes, in a pluralist society founded on secular Enlightenment values the process (if not the outcome) is better, and likely to be more correct. That's not to say that conservatives, working backwards from their desired conclusion, can't induct some rational argument. And when they're successful at reverse-engineering a rational argument, that's likely to be respected, even if we don't agree.

But, no, "Pastor Bob says so" or "it's right here in this book" is no way to run a railroad.[/quote]

In civil society, a particular religious view should NOT be the basis for public policy.  Public policy should be based on values that have their basis independent of religion.  Otherwise, it is simply the majority religious dogma that gets written into law.[/quote]

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